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Townsend Airport

46.33120°N
-111.48300°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Townsend Airport (K8U8) is a small general aviation airport located in Townsend, MT, 148 mi west of Billings. It features 1 runway measuring 3,999 feet.

Current weather

From KHLN, 30 mi away (K8U8 does not publish METAR)

18m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
7 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHLN 272153Z 05007KT 7SM FU SCT037 33/04 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP126 T03280039

Runways

1 installed

3,999 FT MAX
16/34
3,999 ft × 60
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

34
71% of ops
116 land · 15 TO
16
29% of ops
47 land · 24 TO
Runway 34 carries 71% of operations (116 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 29%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

34 116 landings
UA 0%
16 47 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 34 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 116 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.0
flights/day · 90 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.5 vs 3.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (41% of 90 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLC
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100LL
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